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your side. >> when it comes to the so- called fiscal cliff, president obama and house speaker john boehner met today. >> they said the lines of communication remain open. this comes after the head of the international my terry fund got tough on at the sunday talk shows. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> a quick fix is not the answer for resolving the fiscal crisis, said the director of the international monetary fund. a more comprehensive solution is needed. christine the guard says any deal between president obama and congressional republicans must do more than simply avoid the fiscal cliff to get america pause economy growing again. >> there is still the degree of uncertainty. investors, entrepreneurs households, are not making decisions because they do not know what tomorrow will be. >> but washington's top republican leader, house speaker john boehner, complains there

has been no progress in avoiding even immediate crisis. >> when it comes to the fiscal cliff disrupting our economy and threaten jobs, the white house has wasted another week. >> democrats shona signs of backing off from supporting the president's hard-line stance on raising the income tax rate on the rich. >> we realize there have to be two sets to the bargain, but we are not going to go back to what we did in 2011 putting both revenues and cuts on the table. >> despite the impasse in washington promising signs the economy might be improving -- more job creation, improvement in the housing sector, and a decrease in household debt. solution -- spending cuts combined with an increase in tax revenue. >> talks about the fiscal cliff and the meeting between president obama and john boehner -- >> the president is trying to do two things. he is trying to both reopen

negotiations, direct negotiations between him and the house speaker, the deal be struck between them. at the same time he is going to michigan tomorrow, where he will make the same case to autoworkers, the same types of middle-class people who helped him get elected in the industrial midwest. >> democrats are seen to have the most leverage in negotiations. it seems the options for republicans are narrowing. >> president obama has said he will not make a deal without an increase in the tax rates on people who make more than $250,000, which is something that republicans refuse to do. they want -- do not want to raise tax rates on anyone. as senator corker of tennessee said -- president obama holds the cards. >> what do you think his opinion represents? is this just one senate republican, or does this show kind of a shift in attitude among republicans? >> it certainly shows -- a

number of republicans are looking to make a deal with the president. but until speaker boehner and the house republicans come to terms with raising tax rates president obama has said he will make a deal with them. >> we will see if republicans capitulate. let's talk about the job report that came out -- now the election is over, it seems not as much is -- attention is paid to these reports. it showed the economy is still on a track of city growth and the people have not lost confidence that a deal will be struck. >> the unemployment rate ticked down again. like he said during the campaign these come out on the first friday of the month and we talk about them all along. this week it pop for about half an hour and everyone forgot about it. it really shows that at the end of the day the jobs reports are much more indicative of what is already going on as opposed to a signal. >> day think it gives the

president leverage in these fiscal cliff negotiations? >> the president is making the case that the economy is getting better but still fragile and sea and the republicans have both said the country goes over the fiscal cliff it will be very bad for the economy. >> it shows people are still confident -- at what point will that confidence start to wayne? >> probably when we get around christmas or get down to the very last days before the end of the year. these things never get done until both sides backs are up against the wall and the calendar is about to run out. the other side wants to appear they gave too much. -- neither side wants to appear they give up too much. >> a balancing act to the end. thank you so much. >> 23 days ago. not everything is a on the internet is ok in the eyes of the law -- what a virginia judge decided about a post by a woman who slammed the work of a contractor hired to make repairs.

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>> a fairfax county lawsuit could change the way you criticize business is on the

internet. a contractor is suing the woman for what she posted about his work. our virginia bureau chief reports -- it was a split decision. >> for the past year-and-a-half this is the day chris has been waiting for. >> to be able to say, i was right, justice and truth prevailed -- is a great deal. >> the decision in fairfax county stems from an internet post following work he did on this town home in fairfax county. in june 2011, the owner hired his company for the job. she claims it was awful -- doors off the hinges, scuffed up floors. she was furious and aired her grievances on a yelp. in addition to accusing him of stealing her jewelry and trespassing. >> you always have the right to free speech. she should have a right to explain her interaction with the contractor. >> she removed her post from

yahya on her own, but the judge is allowing the other post remain. she does have to remove allegations about the jewelry theft and about legal action against him. >> if it is negative but true, that is fair. when it is negative and untrue, that is not fair. >> she definitely told the truth. >> it might be true, it might e. >> i do not put too much weight on one bad review it over all the reviews are good. >> here is a look at some of the stories that will be making headlines this week -- lawyers for jerry sandusky will be in a pennsylvania court tomorrow. the legal team is expected to last for a new trial. sandusky was sentenced to months ago to decades behind bars. >> also in court this week -- a man accused of pushing another man inside a new york seri -- york city subway. he was charged with second- degree murder. >> the white house announced it is seeking approval of more

than $60 billion in aid to rebuild after superstar and sandy. some of the big stars in music will do their part to raise money for victims. bruce springsteen billy joel, and many more will perform at madison square garden. the concert will be broadcast on tv and online. you can check out our website, wjla.com, for details. >> the temperature has been up and down. >> are we in for more ? we will let you know. >> you have seen the many headlines dealing with the big stories in the business of government, such as sequestration, cyber security, -- year several stories you may have missed. alan gross, a federal contractor, has been sitting in a jail cell since december 2009 for setting up internet a woman while working on a program. he filed a $60 million lawsuit

against his employer and the u.s. government, claiming he was never told of the risks he faced. china's contractors have seen strong growth for european and latin american governments. the international contract association claims growth may slow in 2013 as the economy's deterioration in these countries. the american society of civil engineers recently released a study pointing out the dangers of the government under funds be needed infrastructure improvement in our air land, and see. no doubt this will be a topic at the upcoming government conference in which i am a part of. the storie ♪ ♪ [ male announcer

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>> e degrees at reagan national. we have fog that will stick around in the morning hours -- a record 71 back in 1991. the weatherbug network is 49

degrees in alexandria. a 10th of an inch of rain earlier in the day. here in the district, looking at 44 degrees. a quarter of an inch of rain this afternoon. a fog advisory stretching all the way to the chesapeake bay. this is an atoll 9:00 tomorrow morning. visibility rapidly diminishing as the fog continues to get a little thicker out there. a half a mile of visibility. even less than that in quantico. looking for the fog to lift mid morning. temperatures for the overnight will not move a lot. the big change will come when the warm front moves to the north of us. the wind changes direction to the south and west -- that will allow temperatures tomorrow in the mid to upper 60's, are around 70 degrees, remaining high if not breaking the record. set in 1979 -- 58 degrees.

this is the cold front that moves through late tomorrow night, early tuesday morning. even though we see temperatures on tuesday in the lower 50's, afternoon temperatures will be in the 40's. travel plans taking you to try or minneapolis or chicago -- expect some delays early tomorrow morning. it will have to contend with the fog in the dc metro area. showers across the bay -- no problems for us. the future test shows a cold front to the west of us. temperatures tomorrow into the 60's. that is our forecast -- more details moving on to the day tomorrow. 65-70. the extended outlook shows temperatures going to fall quickly on tuesday. in the lower 50's after midnight. in the 40's. >> a reawakening after tomorrow.

>> monday to look forward to. more than

>> the decathlon is long over, but one of the homes is sticking around -- it will now be someone's home. >> merry christmas -- she and

the whole neighborhood celebrating her new home. the single mother of three toward the 3-bedroom house designed and built by students from stevens institute of technology in new york, part during with the d.c. habitat for humanity. >> this is a dream come true. >> they competed in the solar decathlon on the mall -. they won the affordability award. the entry did not go down -- instead, it was moved to northeast and built into a duplex. >> this is an amazing house. this really should be the model of all housing across the nation. >> built for $250,000, the house recycles rain for water and has thick walls and solar panels. >> because -- utility bills will be zero for the homeowner. >> a state department secretary

qualify for home ownership. >> a housewarming party here -- she won not move in until next month. but this is the home she helped to build herself. >> habitat requires home owners to help build their own homes. >> either how to frame -- that was one thing. i help with the stairs. a lot of exciting stuff. >> but the work paid off. >> this is my favorite part. i am thankful for this opportunity. >> greta crews abc 7 news. >> a c